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Re: Explosions reported near finish line at Boston Marathon

Originally Posted by polgara

With large crowds, how can they control something like this? Have we moved to a third world lawless country? People dead...people missing limbs? Horrible!

You cannot control something like this. We are not a lawless country--don't let the act of one distort your worldview. It is horrible nonetheless. I am amazed nobody has done this on Black Friday myself. Regardless, my best wishes to the victims and their families.

Re: Explosions reported near finish line at Boston Marathon

My initial thoughts.....

It's Tax Day across the country as well as Patriots Day in MA and ME. This seems like domestic terrorism rather than an Al Qaeda attack. It seems to have been aimed at the average people, not the international runners at the front of the pack.

Horrible event. Thankfully the Emergency personnel seem to have been right I the ball.

Re: Explosions reported near finish line at Boston Marathon

They need to release footage of the area surrounding the explosion. I am sure they have people looking at it, but anyone with little reaction to the explosion. Anyone watching where the explosions occur. Anything of that nature will be key to this investigation. They don't need to just find out when the explosives were planted, but see if anyone was aware it was going to occur.

I wonder how much evidence was created from the blast. If they can recover parts from the explosives...timers, switches, wires, fuses, anything of that nature. If it was (as is being suggested by the media morons)...the cell phones being shut off may be indicative of the type used...but cell phone bombs concern me. That means some time and effort went into this. Someone had some form of technical knowledge using a cell phone...but at the same time it honestly is not that hard to create a bomb. It depends on the type of explosive...and not so much on the ignition switch.

Re: Explosions reported near finish line at Boston Marathon

Originally Posted by Tigger

My initial thoughts.....

It's Tax Day across the country as well as Patriots Day in MA and ME. This seems like domestic terrorism rather than an Al Qaeda attack. It seems to have been aimed at the average people, not the international runners at the front of the pack.

Horrible event. Thankfully the Emergency personnel seem to have been right I the ball.